Model Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands. Original source
An item dated 15th February referred to tidings dealing with the movements of the Dutch squadron in the Dutch East Indies reported that the Dutch screw steamship 1st class Zoutman captain J. van der Meersch was to depart on 18 January towards Japan.(1)
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1. Wood-built, call sign GRDH, laid down at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 5 November 1859, launched in the afternoon of 20 September 1861, commissioned on 16June 1862, and condemned/stricken and broken up in 1871. Building costs ƒ 758.414,12. Displacement 2.030 tons, as dimensions 58,00 (between perpendiculars rudderstock-screw) -62,84 (over all) x 12,25 x 5,50 metres, horsepower of 250 hp, a crew numbering 250 men and an armament consisting of 8 long 30 pd guns and 8-16 cm rifled guns. Her engines seemed in 1874 to be used for the Zr.Ms. Van Galen.
